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Tigst Assefa’s Management Says Her Achilles Surgery Went Well
Her agency posted a photo of the Berlin Marathon winner smiling from her hospital bed on Tuesday and said it hopes she can be back in training within a few months.
Elite Runners
Rodrigue Kwizera Leads the Elite Field for the Valencia Half Marathon
The Burundian-born runner, now racing for Spain, is the fastest man entered in the Oct. 25 race, with a best of 58:16. The European record he is targeting was lowered to 58:06 only nine days ago.
Race Coverage
Tigst Assefa’s Berlin Finish Raises the Question of Where Runners Should Draw the Line
Tigst Assefa ran the last two kilometers of the Berlin Marathon on a rupturing Achilles and still won in a course record. It was one of the bravest runs the sport has seen, and it leaves elite athletes and everyday runners alike with a hard question about where the line should be.
Elite Runners
Qualifiers Needed to Run 5:17 Under Their Standard to Get Into the 2027 Boston Marathon
A record 25,630 qualifiers have been accepted for next April, and for the first time 1,000 of those places are going to runners picked in a random draw.
Jessy Carveth
A Pennsylvania High School Cross-Country Runner Was Critically Injured When a Tree Came Down at Practice
The Parkland High School athlete was struck on the head on an Allentown park path on Saturday morning, and medics gave him CPR at the scene.
Elizabeth Laseter Holds Off World Record Holder Shelby Houlihan at the Beer Mile World Classic
The American food writer won her fourth straight title in Cologne by 0.8 seconds, in the first race in which three women finished a beer mile under six minutes.
Race Coverage
Olympic Triathlon Champion Jan Frodeno Runs His First City Marathon in Berlin
The 45-year-old ran 2:23:33 at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, 1:27 inside his goal, and ran a 33-second negative split.
Elite Runners
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